Christmas time is upon us once again nurses, and I was scrolling through our Facebook page recently when I noticed that one post had been resurrected from the dead every single year. It was one with a Christmas tree made out of surgical gloves. Every year we receive thousands of enquiries into how these cute little boogers are made.

Nursing and sleep are usually not words you see in the same sentence. That's because nurses don't usually get any Zzzs. It's as elusive as a ghost in the night. It's well, bloody hard to find the time for such a luxury. Now, I'm all about snoozing and getting my rest; it's one of my favorite pastimes. But that's probably because I rarely get to lay my head on my warm, soft pillow, in my beautiful, cozy bed, wrapped up like a mummy.

My husband and I just returned from the cruise from hell aboard Royal Carribean. We love to cruise and have been to many wonderful places. This was cruise number thirteen for us, so perhaps that should have clued us in. We normally cruise on Carnival, and we love them. We've cruised twice on Norwegian, but we thought we'd try Royal Carribean because so many people said it was the best cruise line.

These weird and crazy medical ads from the past are enough to make you fall off your chair. All of these are real medical ads from pharmaceutical companies and other medical companies. Scary to say the least. We've sure come a long way baby! and thank goodness we have.

A middle school nurse in Texas decorated for Christmas with a Bible verse-filled Charlie Brown Christmas poster on her door. But the Scrooge-like principal and the school board forced her to take it down.

A 7-year-old child is dead after suffering from cardiac arrest following surgery for a congenital heart defect. Reports about the incident suggest that the nurse should have pushed the emergency alarm when she realized what was happening, but instead she walked away and

A nurse in Aleppo committed suicide this week, so Syrian soldiers couldn't enjoy raping her. She is one of several women who have taken their own lives to avoid being raped and murdered by what they consider "animal" soldiers.

A seasoned nurse has been fired for offering to pray with patients prior to surgery.

Sister Sarah Kuteh has been a nurse for 15 years. She was terminated from her position at Darent Valley hospital in Dartford, Kent for breaching guidelines, even though she was required to ask patients about their religion during their pre-op time.

New Jersey -- A nurse captured on camera slapping a patient who was on a ventilator has permanently surrendered her license to the New Jersey State Board of Nursing, rather than deal with the consequences.